Bus-body construction



April 3, 1928. 1,664,569

- N. MILNER BUS BODY CGNSTRUCTION Filed Dec. '7. 1925 lvwemtoz A zye/ztMa'dzzar aunt "213D Patented Apr. 3, 1928.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

NUGENT MILNER, OF EVAN SVILLE, INDIANA, ASSIG'NOR TO GRAHAM BROTHERS, OF

' EVANSVILLE, INDIANA, A CORPORATION OF INDIANA. I

Bus-Borax CONSTRUCTION.

ap l cat on filed December This invention relates generally to vehiclebodies such as bus bodies'and consists'of certain novel features ofconstruction, combinations and arrangements of parts as will be morefully described and particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawing:

Figure 1 is a fragmentary perspective View of a vehicle bodyconstruction.

Figure 2 is a sectional view taken on the line 22 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a sectional view taken on the line 3-3 of Figure 2.

Referring now to the drawing, 1 is a sill, 2 is a flooring and 3 is oneof the posts of a motor bus body. Asshown, the sill is dividedlongitudinally into two sections 4 and 5 respectively and is providedwith avertical opening 6 formed by cooperating recesses 7 and 8respectively in the sections 4 and 5. To provide a compact joint, thelower portion of the pillar 3 is preferably tapered to fit within theopening 6 and is provided at one side with a recess 9 for receiving theend wall 10 of the recess 7. Thus, when the parts are assembled thetapered portion of the pillar will seat firmly against the side walls ofthe opening 6 and the shoulder 11 provided by the recess 9 will extendunder the lower face of the inner section 4. Any suitable means such asthe bolt 12 and nut 13 may be used to hold the parts together. As shown,this bolt extends through the sill sections 4 and 5 and preferablypasses through the tapered portion of the pillar. Thus the bolt servesas an anchorage member for the pillar as well as a tie member for thesill sections.

' The flooring 2 is preferably bolted to the inner sill section 4 andconstitutes an abutment for a bar 14 extending longitudinally of theouter sect-ion 5. As shown, both the flooring 2 and bar 14 are recessedto receive the pillar 3. The bar 14 may be secured by any suitablemeansto the outer sill section 5 but preferably has a downwardly and outwardly inclined face 15 that extends from the pillar 3 to the outer edgeof the sill section 5. Thus this bar 14 and sill section 5 form adurable guard rail or buffer for the bus body.

To provide a neat appearance the bar 14 is provided with a metal finishstrip 16 which conceals the inclined face of the bar and overlaps theupperiedges of the outer transversely 7, 1925. Serial No; 73,739.

the strips 18, 19 and 20 respectively of molding may be used to concealthe joints between the parts. As shown, the molding strip 18 is securedby suitable headed elements to the pillar 3 and conceals the jointbetween the side panels 17; the strip 19 is secured by suitable headedelements to the bar 14 and conceals the joint between the .strip 16 andpanel 17; and the strip 20 is secured by suitable headed elements to theouter sill section 5 and conceals the lower edges of the finish strip16. It will also be noted that this last molding strip 20 is relativelyheavy so that it will serve effectively to protect the guard rail formedby the bar 14 and outer sill section 5.

Thus, from the foregoing description, it will be apparent that I haveprovided a very neat and compact construction that is strong and durableandcan be manufactured at a comparatively low cost. Inasmuch as the sillis formed of two sections which are detachably clamped together tosupport the pillar, it will also be apparent that the parts may beeasily and quickly assembled or knocked down for shipment. Moreover theguard rail formed by the bar 14 and sill section 5 strengthens theconstruction besides protecting the bus body while on the road. Due toits location the guardrail breaks up the height of the body andtherefore adds to its appearance.

While it is believed that from the foregoing description, the nature andadvantage of my invention will be readily apparent, I desire to have itunderstood that I do not limit myself to what is herein shown anddescribed and that such chan es may be resorted to when desired as falIwithin the scope of what is claimed.

What I claim as my invention is:

. 1. In a vehicle body, a sill having cooperating sections, a barsecured to one section and cooperating therewith to form a guard rail,and flooring secured to the other section and constituting an abutmentfor the bar.

2. In a vehicle body, the combination with a sill, of a bar cooperatingtherewith to form a guard rail, a finish stripfor said bar overlappingsaidsill, and a protecting device for said rail concealing the jointbetween said strip and sill.

3. In a vehicle body, the combination with a sill having cooperatingsection's provided with cooperating recesses forming an opening, of apillar having a portion fitting in said opening said pillar also beingprovided with a recess for receiving the end wall of one of the recessesand a connection between said pillar and sillincluding an elementextending transversely through said section and pillar.

, 4. In a vehicle body, the combination with i a pillar, of a supportingsill therefor, having a section projecting laterally outwardly from saidpillar -and a bar upon the outer side of said pi llaryand extendinglongitudi-- nally of said laterally projecting portion,

said bar having a transversely inclined face extending from the pillarto the outer edge

